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Patents, technological inputs and spillovers among regions
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Abstract This paper analyses the importance of different technological inputs (R&D and human capital) and different spillovers in explaining the differences in patenting among Spanish regions in the period 1986-2003. It quantifies the effect of the regions´ own technological inputs, and the externalities ass... view more
This paper analyses the importance of different technological inputs (R&D and human capital) and different spillovers in explaining the differences in patenting among Spanish regions in the period 1986-2003. It quantifies the effect of the regions´ own technological inputs, and the externalities associated with them, on regional patenting. The analysis is based on the estimation of a knowledge production function. A region’s own R&D activities and human capital are observed to have a positive significant effect on innovation output, measured by the number of patents. R&D spillovers weighted by the distance and the volume of trade flows between regions cause positive effects on a region’s patents. However, distance matters more than the intensity of trade flows and the R&D spillover effects between regions are bounded: spillovers from closer regions perform better than spillovers from distant regions. On the opposite side, human capital spillovers do not cause any effect outside the region itself.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 1473-1486
Journal
Applied Economics, 41 (2009) 12
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601032250
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)